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boying

boying is the present participle and gerund of boy.

Meaning of boy

Verb

boy (third-person singular simple present boys, present participle boying, simple past and past participle boyed)

  1. (transitive) To act as a boy (in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women's parts on the stage).
    • I shall see some squeaking Cleopatra boy my greatness.c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...

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Phrases with boying

Questions about boying

What is boying the present participle and gerund of?
Boying is the present participle and gerund of boy.

Words near boying in the dictionary

  1. boygod
  2. boyhood
  3. boyhoods
  4. boyier
  5. boyiest
  6. boying
  7. boying off
  8. Boyington
  9. Boyingtons
  10. boyish
  11. boyishly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: boying (page history and authors); boy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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